Is There a God? Stephen Hawking Gives the Definitive Answer to the Eternal Question Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 25, 2026 · 16 min read
The Third Self: Mary Oliver on Creativity and Time Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 25, 2026 · 10 min read
Tim Ferriss on How He Survived Suicidal Depression and His Tools for Warding Off the Darkness Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 23, 2026 · 11 min read
The Seamstress Who Solved the Ancient Mystery of the Argonaut, Pioneered the Aquarium, and Laid the Groundwork for the Study of Octopus Intelligence Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 23, 2026 · 10 min read
Emily Dickinson’s Electric Love Letters to Susan Gilbert Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 22, 2026 · 16 min read
Seneca on Grief and the Key to Resilience in the Face of Loss: An Extraordinary Letter to His Mother Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 21, 2026 · 13 min read
How Do You Know That You Love Somebody? Philosopher Martha Nussbaum’s Incompleteness Theorem of the Heart’s Truth, from Plato to Proust Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 20, 2026 · 12 min read
Love After Life: Nobel-Winning Physicist Richard Feynman’s Extraordinary Letter to His Departed Wife Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 18, 2026 · 14 min read
Kafka’s Approach to Creative Block and the Four Psychological Hindrances That Keep the Gifted from Living Up to Their Gifts Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 15, 2026 · 15 min read
Hannah Arendt on Love and How to Live with the Fundamental Fear of Loss Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 14, 2026 · 14 min read
The Monarchs, Music, and the Meaning of Life: The Most Touching Deathbed Love Letter Ever Written Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 13, 2026 · 15 min read
Notes on Complexity: A Buddhist Scientist on the Murmuration of Being Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 12, 2026 · 10 min read
How We Grieve: Meghan O’Rourke on the Messiness of Mourning and Learning to Live with Loss Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 10, 2026 · 26 min read
A Life of One’s Own: A Penetrating Century-Old Field Guide to Self-Possession, Mindful Perception, and the Art of Knowing What You Really Want Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 7, 2026 · 17 min read
Dying Mothers, the Birth of Handwashing, and the Bittersweet True Love Story Behind ‘Frankenstein’ Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 6, 2026 · 14 min read
Yes to Life, in Spite of Everything: Viktor Frankl’s Lost Lectures on Moving Beyond Optimism and Pessimism to Find the Deepest Source of Meaning Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 6, 2026 · 14 min read
Kandinsky on the Spiritual Element in Art and the Three Responsibilities of Artists Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 5, 2026 · 19 min read
How Pioneering Physicist Lise Meitner Discovered Nuclear Fission, Paved the Way for Women in Science, and Was Denied the Nobel Prize Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 5, 2026 · 16 min read
The Middle Passage: A Jungian Field Guide to Finding Meaning and Transformation in Midlife Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 2, 2026 · 12 min read
Notes on Complexity: A Buddhist Scientist on the Murmuration of Being Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 1, 2026 · 10 min read
Telling Is Listening: Ursula K. Le Guin on the Magic of Real Human Conversation Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Jan 31, 2026 · 12 min read
The Continuous Creative Act of Holding on and Letting Go: 10 Beautiful Minds on the Art of Growing Older Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Jan 31, 2026 · 11 min read
The Continuous Creative Act of Holding on and Letting Go: 10 Beautiful Minds on the Art of Growing Older Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Dec 29, 2025 · 11 min read
The Woman Who Mapped Labrador and Revolutionized the Literature of Exploration Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Dec 18, 2025 · 16 min read
The Indissoluble Filament Connecting Us All: Patti Smith on What It Means to Be an Artist Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Dec 5, 2025 · 10 min read
